Three young Dutch boys dismantle an old industrial scale in a backyard. The kids use dad’s toolbox and take the old potato scale apart, exploring the individual parts and finding out how it works. At the end they leave it and run to play.

The documentary-series Toolbox Kids Uit me kaar on children exploring disused appliances is a success in The Netherlands. However, for television producers from Kenya and Ghana it might be unthinkable to let children “destroy” something that is still working as an idea of educational TV for children.

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Thinley Yangchen Dorji, a producer at the Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation (BBS), takes us on a tour behind the scenes of Bhutan’s first homegrown TV show for kids. Called “My World”, it’s a 30-minute program for youngsters aged eight to twelve that began airing regularly in January. Welcome to “My World”!

 

 

Prior to “My World” there were no Bhutanese television programs for children. Foreign programming available via satellite was entertaining but had little educational value. Pema Choden, BBS’s General Director until the end of March 2011, approached DW-AKADEMIE for support. Her aim was to have a quality program tailored to children in Bhutan.

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